Captain Mike’s Blog

Hello anglers, Today we are started off with some early morning action on some of the better-size yellowtail and two nice-size white sea bass. Some anglers go their whole fishing career without catching a white sea bass and Mike Meineke from Michigan landed a 35-pounder. It’s his biggest fish ever and his first 5-day trip. We arrived at yesterday’s hot spot a little earlier today and the fish were biting when we got there. We’ve had steady action since 10:30 am and we are thinking about making a move up the island to concentrate on bigger size yellowtail. More later, Capt Art

Hello anglers, We had steady action for about 2-1/2 hours after lunch today and we landed 60 more yellowtail in the 12 to 16 pound range. We saw some good schools and most of them bit a little. The primary method was yo-yo iron with a few fish on dropper loop and fly-line live sardine. The weather is awesome with light winds and cool temperatures. We hope to duplicate our day tomorrow with a few more of the better-grade fish. We didn’t see a whole lot of the bigger fish today so we are hoping tomorrow is the right day. Capt Art

Since it was our last trip of the year, Capt Art pulled a name out of the hat…with all the names of the SONAR winners throughout 2010. Our 2010 SONAR winner is Ben Van Camp of Manhattan Beach, California. Ben brought a friend fishing this year and won (a Shimano rod/reel and a spot on a 3-day trip in 2011 Congrats! Our SONAR promotion will be extended into 2011, so start talking to your friends about joining you on a fishing trip now. (See web site for SONAR rules, etc.)

howdy anglers, Today was a nice way to end the trip by adding a little “color” to the pile. We had fair fishing on the rockfish and our weather is flat grease calm. We will be arriving tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. and then leaving the following day for another 5-day with Capt Art at the helm. That will be our last trip for 2010 and know it’ll be a great way to cap the season. Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt Aaron p.s. Kiana and Mika: Papi will see you soon!

Howdy anglers, Today was a little better than yesterday and we also had a amazing battle with a good ending. The yellowtail fishing was better today but still a bit slow. We had good signs but the fish weren’t eager to bite full speed. We had some really nice-sized fish come aboard–in the 40lb range. And now for the amazing battle: During our yellowtail bite this morning, a monster black sea bass bit a 6x jr on 30lb and the fight was on. The battle lasted about 45 min total and when the beast was brought to the surface we were all in awe. The fish was easily 400lbs! It was safely lowered back to the bottom, released to fight again. So we’re headed up the line to try for some “bottom grabbers” and then call it a trip. The weather has been awesome this whole time and we’re very happy for that. Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon, Capt. Aaron p.s. Mika and Kiana: Papi can’t wait to bring you out on the boat someday. Good night and sleep tight!

howdy anglers: Today was a slow day for us at Cedros Island but we’re hoping to get a hit on them tomorrow. We saw good signs today but they weren’t interested in what we had to offer. Tomorrow’s a new day. Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon, Capt. Aaron p.s. Mika and Kiana: Papi is fine and trying to catch you a fish or two!